Category Archives: Inspiration
Casting 4 A Cure Hooks Concert at Spud
Jim Stanford wrote this on Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Tagged as Fishing, Idaho, Music+ Categorized as Causes, Inspiration
Last year we reported on the largeness (of trout) and largesse (of donations) netted in the inaugural Casting 4 A Cure fly fishing competition. The events in Steamboat, Colo., and Teton Valley, Idaho, raised money [...]
continue readingFirst Descents Camp for Cancer Survivors
Andy Fleming wrote this on Saturday, August 14th, 2010
Tagged as Colorado, Kayaking, Paddling, rivers+ Categorized as Ambassadors, Causes, Inspiration
Sometimes in life something crappy happens. Sometimes it rains when you are going biking. Sometimes it rains when you are going running. Sometimes it even rains when you are going skiing.
Sometimes one is diagnosed with [...]
Paying to Play
Craig DeMartino wrote this on Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Tagged as bouldering+ Categorized as Ambassadors, Climbing, Inspiration
I’ve been doing this climbing thing for going on 23 years. That’s a long time, and it really should be something I’ve got pretty well figured out by now, and in a lot of respects [...]
continue readingInspiration at the American Bouldering Series
Craig DeMartino wrote this on Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Tagged as bouldering+ Categorized as Climbing, Inspiration
The ABS Nationals were held last weekend in Washington, D.C. I know what you’re asking yourself … What are the ABS Nationals and why would I care?
I’ve actually asked myself those same questions, and until [...]
Skiers Pitch in for Haiti Renewal
Jim Stanford wrote this on Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Tagged as caribbean, disasters, earthquakes, Music+ Categorized as Causes, Cloudveil, Inspiration
Jackson Hole, Wyo., shares at least one thing in common with Haiti — both sit on an active fault capable of producing a 7.0 earthquake.
Residents of this ski town thousands of miles from the Caribbean [...]
Down on the Bayou
Jim Stanford wrote this on Monday, February 8th, 2010
Tagged as football, new orleans, Parties+ Categorized as Inspiration
Me oh my oh, are they having big fun down in New Orleans.
The crescent-shaped city at the mouth of the Mississippi has a special relationship with many of the mountain towns upstream, forged through music. [...]
Green Team Putting Copenhagen Accord into Action
Andy Fleming wrote this on Monday, December 21st, 2009
Tagged as recycling, Warming of the Globe+ Categorized as Ambassadors, Inspiration
The United Nations climate conference ended this weekend in Copenhagen with a soft agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Conference president Connie Hedegaard of Denmark called on the global democratic system to meet “one of [...]
continue readingSummit Up USA: The Deprivation Theory
Mark Zimmer wrote this on Monday, October 19th, 2009
Categorized as Camping, Inspiration, Summit Up USA“The Backpacking Theory: How Deprivation leads to Appreciation.”
Every time this thought enters my mind, I get the same feeling that I imagine an elderly person gets when they give a speech that starts with, “When [...]
Priorities
Jim Stanford wrote this on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Categorized as Cloudveil, Gear, Inspiration, JS, Media(Sorry-I-Missed-the-Meeting-Because-of-the-Stonefly-Hatch Mug)
Snow report of 13 inches. Opening day on your favorite trout stream. Invite for a five-day raft trip. There are some things in life you just can’t let work get in the way of.
For [...]
Yin and Yang
Peter Wadsworth wrote this on Sunday, October 11th, 2009
Categorized as Ambassadors, Cycling, Fall, Inspiration, Vermont, YogaI DNF’d in a race for the first time in a long while last week. It was only the local Wednesday night cyclocross race, but I just didn’t have it in me to complete the [...]
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